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Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website.

On Monday 30 October 2017, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hold a further hearing in the matter of Chen v Ng (British Virgin Islands). This will be heard in Courtroom 3.

On Tuesday 31 October until Wednesday 1 November, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice. This appeal will consider whether the Health Act 2006, Ch 1, Pt 1 which contains prohibitions on smoking in certain public places, binds the Crown by necessary implication. This will be heard in Courtroom 2.

On Wednesday 1 November 2017, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hold the preliminary hearing in The Investec Appeals. This will consider whether the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984, art 32(1)(a) applies to the BVI’s companies’ claims and what its meaning and effect is. This will be heard in Courtroom 3.

On Wednesday 1 November 2017, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in the case of Brown v The Parole Board for Scotland, the Scottish Ministers & Anor (Scotland). The hand down panel will be Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Reed, and Lord Lloyd-Jones. This appeal considered whether the implied ancillary duty in ECHR, art 5 to facilitate rehabilitation and release applies to recalled extended sentence prisoners.

On Wednesday 1 November 2017, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in the case of Littlewoods Ltd & Ors v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The hand down panel will be Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Reed, and Lord Lloyd-Jones. This appeal considered, on liability, whether a tax-payer’s claim for restitution of the time value of mistakenly overpaid VAT is prevented by the Value Added Tax Act 1994, ss 78 and 80, and if so, whether this is contrary to EU law, and if so whether, when disapplied, they must be disapplied to allow only Woolwich-type restitution claims not mistake-based restitution claims as well. On quantum, this considered whether the benefit to the Government on VAT overpayments is measured by the ‘objective use’ value (ie cost of borrowing) or by the ‘actual benefit’ derived, and if the former, whether this is consistent with EU law and if compound interest is applied, over what period.

On Wednesday 1 November 2017, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in the case of Michalak v General Medical Council & Ors. The hand down panel will be Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Reed, and Lord Lloyd-Jones. This appeal considered whether the availability of judicial review proceedings in respect of decisions of the GMC excludes the jurisdiction of the Employment Tribunal by virtue of the Equality Act 2010, s 120(7).

On Wednesday 1 November 2017, the Supreme Court will hand down the judgment in the case of R (C) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. The hand down panel will be Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Reed, and Lord Lloyd-Jones. This appeal considered whether the respondent’s policies in respect of the retention and processing of historic gender data are compatible with the appellant’s rights under the ECHR, arts 3, 8 and 14 and the Equality Act 2010, ss 13, 19 and 26.

On Thursday 2 November, the Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation v Comic Enterprises Ltd. This appeal will consider whether a finding of trade mark infringement breached the ECHR, art 10, whether the UK’s statutory regime, which allows for a ‘series of marks’ to be presented as a single trade mark registration, is compatible with the principle of clarity and precision of the trade marks register under EU law, and whether evidence of ‘wrong way round confusion’ is relevant to the determination of a trade mark infringement. This will be heard in Courtroom 2.

On Thursday 2 November, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council will hear the appeal of Fisherman and Friends of the Sea v The Minister of Planning, Housing and the Environment (Trinidad and Tobago). This appeal will consider whether the Water Pollution (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (as amended), by failing to properly consider the Polluter Pays Principle, were unlawfully enacted, with reference to the National Environmental Policy, the Environment Management Act, the policy of the Environment Authority, customary international law, and the legitimate expectation of the appellant. This will be heard in Courtroom 3.

A full list of the cases scheduled for the Michaelmas term can be found here.

The following Supreme Court judgments remain outstanding:

Keefe (by his litigation friend Eyton) v Hoteles Pinero Canarias SL, heard 7 Mar 2017.

Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis v DSD & Anor, heard 13-14 Mar 2017.

SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer UK Visa Section, heard 23 Mar 2017.

Arcadia Petroleum Ltd & Ors v Bosworth & Anor, heard 10-11 Apr 2017.

Four Seasons Holdings Incorporated v Brownlie, heard 9-10 May 2017.

Brown v The Scottish Ministers (Scotland), heard 14-15 Jun 2017.

R (HC) v Secretary of State for Works and Pensions & Ors, heard 21-22 Jun 2017.

R (De Silva & Anor) v The Commissioners for HMRC, heard 22 Jun 2017.

R (Bancoult No 3) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, heard 28-29 Jun 2017.

Littlewoods Ltd & Ors v Commissioners for HMRC, heard 3-6 Jul 2017.

Michalak v General Medical Council & Ors, heard 4 Jul 2017.

R (C) Secretary of State for Work & Pensions, heard 10-11 Jul 2017.

Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, heard 12 Jul 2017.

Gordon & Ors as Trustees of the Inter Vivos Trust of the late William Strathdee Gordon v Campbell Riddell Breeze Paterson LLP (Scotland), heard 19 Jul 2017.

Scotch Whisky Association & Ors v the Lord Advocate & Anor (Scotland), heard 24-25 Jul 2017.

O’Connor v Bar Standards Board, heard 4 Oct 2017.

In the matter of C (Children), heard 9-10 Oct 2017.

Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd, heard 11-12 Oct 2017.

Dover District Council v CPRE Kent, heard 16 Oct 2017.

In the matter of an application by Kevin Maguire for Judicial Review, heard 19 Oct 2017.

Reference by the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland pursuant to Paragraph 33 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Abortion), heard 24-26 Oct 2017.